hotfooting
Hurrying along quickly
Hotfooting is moving quickly or hurrying somewhere with urgency: She came hotfooting down the stairs when she heard the crash.
The image is of feet so eager they're practically burning.
As a prank, hotfooting means secretly wedging a match into someone's shoe and lighting it.
Rapid escape from danger
- boltingDeparting at speed
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- skedaddlingDeparting quickly, informally
- decampingLeaving suddenly, often secretly
hightailing · running away · making tracks · taking flight · vamoosing · scarpering · lighting out · clearing out
Rapid forward movement
- hurryingMoving with urgent speed
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- hasteningCausing to occur sooner
sprinting · racing · bolting · scrambling · hustling · scampering · darting · zooming
Moving by leaps
- jumping atAccepting with enthusiasm
- diving inStarting with full commitment
- launchingSetting something in motion
- springingJumping or rebounding motion
fleeing
Rapid escape from danger
- boltingDeparting at speed
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
- skedaddlingDeparting quickly, informally
decamping · hightailing · running away · making tracks · taking flight · vamoosing · scarpering · lighting out · clearing out · cutting out
rushing
Rapid forward movement
- hurryingMoving with urgent speed
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
hastening · sprinting · racing · bolting · scrambling · hustling · scampering · darting · zooming · tearing
bounding
Moving by leaps
- jumping atAccepting with enthusiasm
- diving inStarting with full commitment
- launchingSetting something in motion
hotfootingdawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
plodding · trudging · ambling · sauntering · moseying
hotfootinglingering
Remaining beyond expected duration
dallying · tarrying · taking one's time · dilly-dallying · lollygagging
footing, footed, hothead, hotheaded, hotfoot, foots, hotheads, barefooted, hotheadedness